[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29494: Update about page for release

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#29494: Update about page for release
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 Reporter:  nacin           |       Owner:  helen
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.0
Component:  Help/About      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  has-patch       |     Focuses:
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Comment (by helen):

 Replying to [comment:13 knutsp]:
 > I mostly agree with you. But what ideally could have been done here is
 to have a simple filter. I just wanted to be able to let my (Norwegian)
 clients view the video without hacking a core file.

 That's an interesting idea - if you do want a workaround in the meantime,
 since video playback typically requires JS and/or Flash, you could use JS
 to swap it into place and MediaElement for playback.

 > The "American-centric" part of this issue is, in my view, assuming most
 "non-English" speakers understand their native language only. Many
 Americans, and British, are in that category.

 I agreed with keeping the video en_* only this time, and it was not based
 on that assumption. Being American does not equate to being a non-polyglot
 - we are, after all, a country composed almost entirely of immigrants and
 their descendants. My view is this: polyglots who count English among
 their languages who '''choose''' to use WordPress in another language are
 making the statement that they prefer their software to be in that
 language, and so long as we're still exploring the options for captioning
 (believe me, I did a fair bit of looking there), keeping something that is
 essentially untranslated when we make such an effort to translate
 everything else is inconsiderate. We've gone back and forth about the
 other visuals being in English so many times already. And before you jump
 on me for my American view, this is a view derived from my family
 (including my married family), who are almost all non-English speakers,
 and the significant time I've spent observing and talking to them about
 their computing habits.

 As nacin noted - you know the video is there for English installs. Most
 people don't. The design needed balance, and the cover image kept it for
 when the video isn't shown. It's also beautiful work - would be a shame to
 lose having it at all. Linking it would probably have been a good idea,
 though :) Hope people are translating captions for it.

 > And, hmm, installing an untranslated plugin or theme is not considered
 bad UX? But it's a problem I face daily. Nobody would dare remove that
 option.

 Nobody said that wasn't bad UX. This was something I wanted us to
 accomplish in 4.0, quite badly - that is, to default to showing plugins
 and themes in your language only (with the ability to see all, should you
 choose to). I even optimistically included a string on the about page
 originally: #29391.

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